Mets’ defense had all kinds of problems in costly performace against Braves
NY Post
ATLANTA — The Mets finished with four hits and mishandled four Braves batted balls.
Such a ratio is rarely conducive to winning.
On a night the Mets did little right, their defense was particularly poor in a disappointing and series-opening 5-1 loss to the Braves at Truist Park on Tuesday.
“We didn’t play well,” Carlos Mendoza acknowledged after the Mets generously were charged with just one error. “We didn’t make a play a couple times.”
The Mets’ problems began in the first and never really stopped.
The second Atlanta batter of the game, Ozzie Albies, shot a ground ball at Luisangel Acuña that should have been a double play. But Acuna fumbled it and only got the out at second base.
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For as talented a scorer he is, one Karl-Anthony Towns tendency is constantly ruining offensive possessions.
It was exactly 1 p.m. Christmas Eve, and the Giants were just beginning their first full practice of the week for their second-to-last game of this miserable losing season.
Brandon Aiyuk issued a mea culpa after a video he shared over the weekend landed him in some hot water.
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WASHINGTON — It was a merry night for the Rangers in our nation’s capital.
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MINNEAPOLIS — Julius Randle had been quiet, just 3-for-11 from the field.
The decision Doug Armstrong’s management group needs to make before the Canadian Olympic roster is announced on New Year’s Eve cannot be about letting Matthew Schaefer be around the group before he takes a leading role in the 2028 World Cup or 2030 Olympics.
The cold, unappetizing truth for Steve Cohen is that he has only one person to blame for the backlash presently aimed at his baseball team, and it isn’t David Stearns. Oh, Stearns makes for an easy target, a never-played-the-game Harvard man who is the perfect contrast to the rub-some-dirt-on-it tobacco chompers who ruled the game for a century.
PHILADELPHIA — A third of the way through the Nets’ season, the focus — and worry — is all about the tank.
Aaron Glenn’s wish is giving Jets fans a game they can remember in the home finale against the Patriots on Sunday.
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